LAS VEGAS-- It’s hard to know what to read into the
lack of early announcements from NLE
manufacturers about what they intend
to unveil at this year’s NAB Show. Some are
just fulfilling the promises of last year’s introductions,
others may be waiting to unleash
major surprises. Most likely, with 3D
losing its luster and 4K being used for acquisition
more than delivery, the captains
of our edit systems are keeping their sails
furled and waiting for the next new current
to sweep them along.

EDITING

Autodesk Smoke 2013

Autodesk will showcase Smoke
2013 NLE boasting a new intuitive user
interface, Connect FX for powerful nodebased
compositing inside the timeline, a
robust toolset for high-end finishing, compositing,
professional grading, color matching,
and one-click chroma keying, integration
with Autodesk 3D applications, and
flexible system requirements that allow
the software to run on off-the-shelf Apple
Computers.

Dalet will demo its Dalet News Suite
on Dalet’s Galaxy Platform as well as the
Dalet One Cut Video Editor, built on a new
video engine and a new real-time editor designed
to handle multiple tracks of video
and audio. We’ll also see Dalet On-the-Go,
a new mobile app that extends the remote
capabilities of Dalet users with Read-In,
Contribution and My Assignments screens.

Grass Valley will be bringing EDIUS
Elite editing that eliminates the need
for conversions, processes and extra components
to empower quick turnaround editing.
EDIUS Elite’s “field-to-site” integration
capabilities give direct access to the K2 file
system allowing editors to take advantage
of edit-in-place capabilities for multiple
edit stations. And, EDIUS XRE can render
finished files in the background, away from
main editing workstations, immediately
and automatically.

Quantel will show off V2.0 software
for Pablo Rio, taking the leap to 64-bit performance
and interactivity. With V2, existing
Pablo Rio turnkey systems power up
to become 4K 16 bit post production powerhouses
capable of playing and working
with 4K images in real time. On existing
turnkey systems 4K images are downsized
in the GPU for output via the 2K/HD SDI
outputs. V2 is a free of charge upgrade for
all Pablo Rio customers.

Vegas Pro 12, the latest version of Sony
Creative Software’s NLE, adds
dozens of substantial feature enhancements,
performance improvements and
workflow innovations, significantly expanding
the creative toolkit for editors and
content creators at every level of the postproduction
market. Sony will also exhibit
the Sound Forge Pro Mac multichannel
audio recording and editing application,
developed from the ground up on a clean
slate for OS X, and featuring an elegant interface
that redefines the audio editing experience.

GRAPHICS

Avid Motion Graphics

Avid will show its latest version of Avid
Motion Graphics, now with new configuration
options that increase channel count to
let media producers get more high-quality
graphics to air faster and more effectively.

Baron Services will unveil an interactive
weather app for iOS and Android
platforms. VIPIR Touchscreen brings all of
the company’s VIPIR technology to the
touchscreen.

Brainstorm Aston 3D

Brainstorm will mark the NAB debut
of Aston 3D, its real-time 3D graphics
creation and playout system. Aston 3D is a
complete and comprehensive graphics system
that handles everything from CG to
play-out. The company will also showcase
its line of products headed up by eStudio,
as well as the EasySet 3D trackless virtual set
solution and the OnDemand multipurpose
playout application, and also BrainNews, the
company’s MOS-compatible template-based
graphics solution for news.

ChyronIP for NewTek TriCaster

ChyronIP will be make its debut at the Chyron booth. It’s a real-time HD/SD
2D and 3D character and graphics system
specifically designed for the NewTek Tri-
Caster. Because graphics data is delivered
via a network connection, broadcasters can
take advantage of ChyronIP for TriCaster
without tying up any of the needed camera
inputs that are critical to live production. Chyron will also introduce the next
generation of its Axis World Graphics
cloud-based graphics creation system with
new features including track, order, maps,
and news.

The new Inscriber G8 and TitleOne AE realtime
graphics production systems from Harris share a design philosophy that
leverages next-generation hardware platforms
for advanced graphics processing and
increased storage performance. Both support
proven, mature graphics production
workflows for off-line and on-air graphics
creation, graphics template and database
management, and automation control.

NVIDIA GPUs are going to be shown
powering Elemental Technologies’ new next
generation platform for delivering rich video
content on demand to a variety of devices,
including PCs, tablets, and smart phones.
Together, NVIDIA and Elemental will be
providing flexible and powerful solutions to
stay ahead of the curve as demand rises for
multiscreen services.

The new version of Maestro graphics for
pre-and post production from Orad will
be seen with new graphics MAM system
support, connection to social networks, integration
to Quantel NLE, 3D transitions, support
for MOS 2.8, videoEngine control, and
SceneEdit2 to edit graphics during playout.
Orad will also bring their real-time 3D graphics
character generator that now boasts dual
channel (PGM/PGM) option, 3D transitions,
custom effect creation, support for object
grouping inside pages, single character text
effects, and connection to social networks.

A new file-based rendering system will be
shown delivering Pixel Power’s
world-class new Core Graphics Engine in a
software-only version that runs on standard
IT hardware. The new system supports a
wide variety of applications including IPTV
and nonlinear television, VoD and content
repackaging, and news production.

Softron’s new graphics and playback
engine will bring support for almost
any video codec, including Apple ProRes,
H.264, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX, MPEG-2,
transport streams, as well as both Quick-
Time and MXF files. An animated graphical
layer will also be included in order to
avoid using an external CG.

The new IP-based Viz Engine from Vizrt
will give broadcasters a powerful real-time
composting engine that combines graphics
and video into a single stream for
adaption online or to any mobile device.
Graphics and video are composited in real
time and output as a stream that can be
many formats from online, to mobile devices
to live on-air.

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